Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of the government's role in boosting the utilization of intelligent robot by considering government support policies along with various other factors, which are potentially influential. This type of investigation will contribute...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a technical insight into recent developments in brain‐computer interface (BCI) technology and its applications. Design/methodology/approach – Following an introduction to BCI, this paper considers the different means of detecting brain...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe an innovative project to safely cleanup and decommission a major nuclear facility. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is to design and apply robotic technology to custom designed robots that can address specific needs in safely...

Purpose – Most industrial robots are still programmed using the typical teaching process, through the use of the robot teach pendant. This is a tedious and time‐consuming task that requires some technical expertise, and hence new approaches to robot programming are required. The purpose of...

Purpose – It is widely agreed that amputees have to rely on visual input to monitor and control the position of the prosthesis while reaching and grasping because of the lack of proprioceptive feedback. Therefore, visual information has been a prerequisite for prosthetic hand biofeedback...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present powered‐wheelchair transducers and systems that provide more control, reduced veer on slopes, and improved energy conservation, while reducing effort. They are especially significant for people with movement disorders who lack sufficient...

Purpose – Welding sensor technology is the key technology in welding process, but a single sensor cannot acquire adequate information to describe welding status. This paper addresses arc sensor and sound sensor to acquire the voltage and sound information of pulsed gas tungsten arc welding...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel autonomous in‐pipe robot to perform the preventive point reparation for long‐distance offshore oil pipelines. Design/methodology/approach – The autonomous in‐pipe robot performs online ultrasonic inspection for pipe wall...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a serial produced industrial robot for thin‐type space solar cells (SSC), which is applied to perform the bonding process of SSC. Design/methodology/approach – An optimized process of adhesive coating and bonding for SSC is designed, based...

Purpose – This paper aims to propose a suitable motion control method for omni‐directional mobile robots (OMRs). In RoboCup competition, the robot moves in a dynamic and oppositional environment, which occurs with high acceleration and deceleration motion frequently, especially for our OMR...